Lamp-holder.



H. E. WHITNEY.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26. 1913.

1,1 61,096. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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LAMP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26. 1913.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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HORACE E. WHITNEY, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DOVER STAMP- ING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

LAMP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

"Application filed November 26, 1913. Serial No. 803,211.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE E. WHITNEY, of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lamp-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The specific purpose for which my invention has been devised. is the packing and transportation of extra electric light bulbs for automobiles although it may be otherwise used. It is to this purpose that my invention is applied in the particular form of the invention shown in the drawings.

In the drawings :Figure 1 shows in plan a box embodying my invention, the cover being thrown open and part of it only being shown. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the box showing the cover in closed position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lamp holder proper arranged for engagement with the bottom of the box, and Fig. 4 is a perspective of the spring mechanism in the lamp *holder.

A is the box which with its cover is preferably made of sheet metal so as to be strong and light.

B is the cover hinged thereto at b and having a catch 5 by the engagement of which with the rib or on the box the cover is kept closed, the whole forming a container of convenient size and shape for the purpose described below.

The lamp holder proper is preferably attached to the bottom of the box either by spot welding, solder or in some other convenient way. It comprises a base plate C upon which is mounted in any convenient way-a top plate D, the two forming a casing or inclosure E for the spring plate E. I prefer to form the top plate D as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, that is, with a depression d which approaches quite nearly the base plate C, thus giving stiffness to the top plate D and leaving two upwardly-projecting floors. In each of these floors there are as shown a number of openings (Z which are alike. They are preferably round in order to conform to the shape of the ordinary lamp socket, but each has diametrically-opposed notches (Z and also diametricallvppposed upwardly-projecting recesses d These notches and recesses are shaped with rela-' tion to the characteristics of the neck of the lamp which the carrier or box 1s to receive and support. As shown in Fig. 2, the neck F of the lamp for which this particular form of holder is provided, has two oppositely-projecting pins 7' and the notches (Z are shaped so as to allow the pins f to pass down through them when the neck of the lamp is inserted in the opening. The lamp is then turned and the recesses (Z are shaped to receive these pins f and thus hold the lamp steady with the cooperation of a spring of some type arranged to press the lamp upward.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 4:, the lamps are pressed upward by yielding platforms formed from a flat plate E cut and shaped to provide a number of leaf springs 6, each registering with one of the openings in the top plate D, these leaf springs lying in the chamber E formed between the base plate C and the top plate D. 1

I do not mean to confine myself to this particular type ofplatform, but it lends itself easily andsimply to the form of holder shown and is very simple and easy to construct. In its preferred form as shown when not engaging a lamp the end of each platform e will engage the under surface of the top plate D and when a lamp is put into the holder it will have suflicient strength to hold the lamp in elevated position so that the pins 7 will be held in the recesses d against all ordinary jarring such as it would receive in an automobile.

I do not mean to limit myself to the precise construction herein shown though it lends itself very well to automobile use where, owing to the constant jarring there is a liability that the spare lamps will be considerably jarred and perhaps broken, and it is easily and cheaply made. In this case the yielding platform located under each spring holds its lamp strongly and firmly in position, the recesses cooperating with the platform to keep the lamp fromturning when once in place, and the whole forms a holder and with the box a protecting carrier which is compact and simple so that it may be easily disposed of in one of the compartments of an automobile.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A container having a casing attached to the bottom of its interior, said casing comprising a base plate and a top plate having a chamber between them, a spring plate located in said chamber, said top plate being provided with one or more notched open ings each adapted to receive a lamp, and

said spring plate having leaf springs cut' therefrom and projecting upward to register 5 with said openings.

2. A container having. a casing attached 1 the bottom of its interior, said casing comprising a base plate, a spring plate mounted 1 thereon having a series of tongues cut therefrom and bent upward to form leaf springs, and a top plate having a series of openings, each opening registering With one of said leaf springs, the wall of each opening being notched to allow the passage of a projection from a cylindrical object and having a recess adapted to receive said projection.

4. A container having a casing attached to 5 the bottom of its interior, said casing comprising a base plate, a spring plate mounted thereon ha-ving a series of tongues out therefrom and bent upward to form leaf springs,

and a top plate having a series of openings, each opening registering with one. of said leaf springs, said top plate also having a longitudinal depression extending downward to said base plate whereby said top plate will be supported and strengthened.

HORACE E. WHITNEY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. HURTER, W. H. DUNNING.- 

